AOS and including Taxes

[Heather&Paul 7]

Hello,

My fiancé and I will be filing for his AOS around mid-March after we get married. Myself and my co-sponsor have been gathering up tax transcripts/ W-2s for this process. Do we need to include the 2011 taxes? My co-sponsor, along with myself are planning to file 2011 taxes in a couple weeks. There is therefore the possibility that when we go to file AOS that the tax transcripts may not yet be available. Should we file AOS just using 2008, 2009 and 2010 tax transcripts or plan to include the 2011 taxes, even if it means just making photocopies of the forms we filed along with W-2s instead of the 2011 tax transcript? I have heard that some people have received an RFE around this time of year, because they did not include "the recent tax year".

Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[kcoyclay1 98]

Recent tax year is the most recent (2010 or 2011) tax year that was filed. You do not NEED to get transcripts; you can submit copies with W2. I think they allow up to the last tax day to file the current tax year.

[ceadsearc 516]

If you file before April 15th you're fine, you don't need to include 2011 taxes. If you happen to get an interview and it is after April 15th, bring the current taxes with you.

[Afrikan Queen 11]

If you filed 2011 then send these. Whatever you filed recently is what you would send with your application. You may send tax transcripts or tax forms with W2's.